Notice to shippers of shelled corn regarding loading of cars

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An agreement regarding the maximum loading of railroad cars
with shelled corn subject to inspection under the United States
grain standards Act has been reached by the United States Rail-
road Administration and the United States Department of Agri-
culture. At a meeting of representatives of the Car Service Section
of the Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Markets of the
Department of Agriculture, it has been decided that 18 inches
should be allowed between the top of the grain and the eaves of the
car in order to permit necessary sampling of the corn.

It is incumbent upon the shipper of shelled corn by grade in
interstate or foreign commerce from or to inspection points to
secure inspection under the provisions of the grain standards Act.
The agreement referred to will in general enable compliance with
the Act with reference to sampling for inspection and at the same
time will be consistent with the desires of the Railroad Administra-
tion for maximum utilization of cars, in view of the abnormal trans-
portation conditions growing out of the war.

Inspectors, warehousemen, merchants, millers and other persons
interested are urged to cooperate \Vith the Department of Agricul-
ture and the Railroad Administration in carrying out this agree-
ment, and grain exchanges, boards of trade, and grain dealers’ asso-
ciations and societies are asked to bring this notice to the attention
of their members.

Prior to our entrance into the Avar, the Department of Agricul-
ture distributed a poster headed “Get High Grades for Your Corn,”
in which it advocated the loading of shelled corn not higher than
within 30 inches of the roof of the car. In view of the foregoing,
that advice is withdrawn for the period of the war. It will be noted
that this applies to shelled corn only.

July 15, 1918.

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